Corinth Basket: NB81 B23 P207
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   NB81 B23 P207
Area:   Korakou
Category:   Basket/zembil
Notebook:   81
Context:   23
Page:   207
Date:   1915/05/08
Stratum:   Trench I, L II
Notes:   L II has a good number of Mycenaean sherds - one or two rather fine thin ware. This level runs from 0.20 to 0.40 below ground.
[p. 352]
L II 0.20-0.40
Mycenaean LM III large number of sherds mostly painted. Some plain.
6 or 7 kylix stems
2 tops of stirrup jugs
3 deep bowls (kotylai?) One decorated with broad wavy line red or red buff. The others with simple spirals in brown black
[MN= from Megaron House; brackets indicate this note refers to the 3 deep bowls]
[Nakassis= CP 106, CP 107, CP 109]
[p. 353]
on yellow buff. The decoration in each case is only in upper half.
Pithoi 2 very large ones with incised rope band round neck and belly
[Tzonou-Herbst= Blegen 1921, p. 73, fig. 106, Large pithos from House L, LH III. CP 137. Stored in Old Epigraphikon].
Minyan 6 or 8 sherds
Mattmalerei 1 sherd certainly
Urfirnis 2 or 3 maybe
Obsidian 2 pieces
Spindle whorls 2 of steatite
Period:   Late Helladic IIIC Early
Chronology:   LH IIIB2-IIIC Early based on inventoried pottery
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   -0.4--0.2m.
References:   Objects (4)